Americanisms that might seem strange to us

[countessalmirena]

There’s a thread in the Seller Discussion Board about new wording sent to sellers to inform them of a sale. It’s now “You made the sale for [$xxxx]”.

That’s quite bizarre wording; as has been mentioned in that thread, it doesn’t seem natural, and not the way that an Australian would express himself/herself.

What other US wording or expressions just seem a little odd to Australians?

(Of course, some of our Australianisms are equally odd to Americans…)

1. “I’ll fix you a meal.” (To me, this seems to be an admission that the steak is charcoal, the eggs are rubbery, the potatoes are burned, the sauce has separated, and the soufflé has collapsed… and the unfortunate cook is going to attempt a culinary repair.)

[imastawka]

I don’t use it; I have different ways of mocking myself.

Oh no, please Countess, allow us to do it for you...............................

[countessalmirena]

You’ll have to queue for the Mock CountessA - ADMIT ONE ticket. There’s a long line…

[rogespeed]

Whoa there .... have you been watching their historical documentaries or have I recently been watching " Galaxy Quest " 

[rogespeed]

Noting the use of " G'day"  on the Australian Ebay login , i would have expected the word " Howdy" on the American site , although I have noticed that some inoffensive slang terms have in some social environments have morphed into new somewhat negative slang terms

ie  historic:

Howdy = greetings. how do you do ? 

American wokism :

Howdy = https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=howdy&page=5

[springyzone]

That one is actually a little bit witty, so I'll give it a pass.

It made me laugh, anyway.

But.. it's sad when normal, inoffensive words become too controversial for people to use in their original context. We've lost the battle with gay. 

The ones I feel most sorry for are all the women who are called Karen.